Cast Animal Sculptures

Antique 18th 19th Century Palanquin Mythical Lion or Tiger Finial Bronze Handle. Large heavy Indian Mythological bronze palanquin fitting cast via the lost wax technique, beautifully stylized and crafted in the form of protective mythological creature. Palanquin finials were used to adorn the pole ends of the palanquin or palki. A fine and massive example of a palanquin pole finial with good detail and fine patina. India, circa: 18th/19thc. The Palanquin handle...

Beautiful Oriental Japanese Meiji period style bronze sculpture of a walking elephant with his trunk up. Well casted metal art, heavy, bronze elephant in a dark brown copper finish. Elephant figurine statue in a triumphant pose, will make an excellent display ornament. Created with the traditional technique of the lost-wax that allows a great precision and finesse in the details, this bronze sculpture charms is with its exquisite depiction of a trumpeting elephant. Heavy bronze presents striking detail and cool copper tones with a hint of natural bronze. Raising its trunk skywards, the elephant will grace any desk as a paperweight or display case. This is a delightful vintage elephant statue...

A contemporary lost wax cast bronze coffee table base depicting a bear laying on his back, with dark patina. Created with the traditional...

An amusing early 20th Century bronze group of a bear peering over the edge of a rock at a rabbit quietly hiding under a ledge, with excellent rich brown patina and fine hand chased surface detail. Signed Paillet ADditional information Measures: Height: 18 cm. Condition: Excellent Original Condition. circa: 1910. Materials: Patinated Bronze. ABOUT Charles Paillet Charles Paillet (French, 1871 ~ 1937) Paillet studied sculpture under Georges Gardet. Paillet’s first exhibit was in the Salon of 1897 and he exhibited regularly until 1921. Most of his works were cast by the foundry Thiebault Freres both in lost wax and by the sand-cast method. A few of his works have been recorded bearing the F. Barbedienne foundry mark also. Charles Paillet, Georges Gardet, Rene Paris...

This antique accent table lamp or light sculpture is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from the United States and date to approximately 1920 and done in the period Art Deco style. The lamp is composed of cast and patinated spelter depicting a figural stylized soapstone seal sculpture with a carved alabaster ball...

No damages, in original finish. W 10 5/8 x D 3.75 x H 8 3/8 in.

This charming French fountain piece with triple dolphin spouts was made circa 1900. The dolphins are made from reconstituted stone, which is natural lim...

19th century Italian Grand Tour panther handled askos, or wine vessel. The design of this piece is probably based on a bronze Roman askos held within Naples Museum. An askos is an a...

Bronze study of a stretching cheetah. RHS under the belly bearing Ingwe Foundry stamp, ‘S31’ or ‘S3I’, Edition 3/15, monogram BMR. Artist unknown. I have been unsuccessfully resarching who the artist could be. The stretching pose of the cheetah is contemplative with a graceful, ease and content expression suggesting its attunement and hierarchy within the landscape and the animal world. Its power is conveyed with a noble quality in the pose, the sleek form and the sinewy musculature. Beautifully handworked with rich brown patina. Almost certainly inspired by the work of Dylan Lewis...

Antique French Cast Iron Ram's Head from Butcher's Shop An original cast iron ram's head that would have adorned a boucherie / butcher's shop interior...

Large Brass Seashell Planter or Vase. Very good quality and detail. Heavy. Good overall condition. Measures 9”wide x 8.5" tall x 5”deep.

"Taureau Debout" by Rosa Bonheur. An excellent late 19th Century French animalier bronze study of a standing bull with fine hand chased surface that accentuates the muscle definition of the subject, signed Rosa B. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Measures: Width: 32 cm Height: 18 cm Depth: 11cm Condition: Excellent Original Condition Circa: 1870 Materials: Bronze Book reference: Animals in Bronze by Christopher Payne Page no. 174 DESCRIPTION Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899) The most popular artist of nineteenth-century France, Rosa Bonheur was also one of the first renowned painters of animals and the first woman awarded the Grand Cross by the French Legion of Honor. A professional artist with a successful career, Bonheur lived in two consecutive committed relationships with women. Born on March 16, 1822 in Bordeaux, Marie Rosalie Bonheur was the oldest of the four children of Raimond Oscar Bonheur (1796-1849) and Sophie Marquis. Bonheur's father was an art teacher who came from a poor family, while her mother, a musician, had descended from a middle-class family and had been her husband's art student. Bonheur's father, who taught drawing and landscape painting, was an ardent member of the utopian Saint Simeon society. The group held idealistic beliefs about the reform of work, property, marriage, and the role of women in society. Most importantly, for the artist's future, the Saint Simeons questioned traditional gender norms and firmly believed in the equality of women. While teaching artistic techniques to his oldest daughter, Raimond Bonheur also encouraged her independence and taught her to consider art as a career. In 1828 Raimond Bonheur joined the Saint Simeons at their retreat outside Paris. Sophie and the children joined him in Paris the following year. Four years later, however, Raimond abandoned his family to live in isolation with his fellow Saint Simeons. Sophie Bonheur died in 1833 at the age of thirty-six. Rosa was only eleven years old when her mother died, but she was aware of the heavy price her mother paid for married life with a man who was more dedicated to his own ideals than to meeting his family's needs. Rosa also saw that her mother's marriage led to poverty and her death from exhaustion. After her mother's death, Bonheur was taken in by the Micas family who resided nearby. Mme Micas and Bonheur's mother had been friends. When Mme Bonheur died, the Micas family paid Raimond Bonheur's debts and cared for Rosa. Their daughther, Nathalie, who would later become an amateur inventor and unschooled veterinarian, and Rosa became enamored with each other. When Rosa Bonheur began her career as a professional artist, she had already been trained by her father who had allowed her to study in all male classes. Rosa also learned by sketching masterworks at the Louvre from the age of fourteen, and later, by studying with Léon Cogniet. From the very beginning, Bonheur's favorite subject was animals. She learned their anatomy completely by dissecting them in local slaughterhouses. She also visited the horse market two times a week. Study of animals by direct observation led to the formation of the realist style in which Bonheur worked. It was for such work that Bonheur obtained written permission from the French government to wear men's slacks. Her working attire also consisted of a loose smock and heavy boots that protected her feet from the dangerous environment in which she painted. The style of dress that the artist adopted for work and home may well have been influenced by her father's attire, which was based on St. Simeonian clothing experiments. Bonheur also cropped her hair, perhaps to facilitate her work. She did, however, always wear dresses for social occasions because she knew that appropriate dress would further her career. Bonheur earned a successful living as a painter of animals. She exhibited at the annual Paris Salon regularly from the age of nineteen in 1841 through 1853, when she was thirty-one. She won the salon's gold medal at the age of twenty-six in 1848 and was commissioned by the French government to paint Plowing on the Nivernais in 1849. In the same year Bonheur and her sister Juliette became directors of l'École gratuite de dessin pour les jeunes filles, a post their father had once held. Bonheur completed her most renowned work, The Horse Fair, in 1855. The successful representation of percherons (a breed native to Normandy) was purchased by Ernest Gambart, a London art dealer whose gallery specialized in work by French artists. He exhibited The Horse Fair in London where Bonheur visited with Nathalie. Queen Victoria requested a private viewing of the painting at Windsor Castle. It would later be purchased in 1887 by Cornelius Vanderbilt and donated to the new Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Bonheur's trip to England allowed her to meet Charles Eastlake, then President of the Royal Academy, John Ruskin, the English writer and critic, and Edwin Landseer, the British animalier. She also toured the English and Scottish countrysides and executed some paintings based on her observations of new breeds of animals found there. Gambart made engravings of Bonheur's work, including The Horse Fair, and sold them in England, Europe, and the United States. Bonheur became one of the most renowned painters of the time. Little girls, such as Anna Klumpke in the United States, even had dolls in her likeness, much as American girls played with Shirley Temple dolls...

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-Black painted -Produced from pressed marble powder. -Produced from the original molds of the works from the museum. -The original is displayed in the Istanbul Museum.

This antique sculpture was done by the well known P.J. Mene of France, and dates to approximately 1875, but may date slightly later to after his death, and done in the period late Vi...

Large impressive cast brass nickel plated table top sculpture of a reclining deer with antlers.

Cast iron horse doorstop Signed Hunter. Copyright 1949. VA Metal Crafters, Waynesboro, VA.

Mid-Century brass handled cat doorstop, by Sarreid Ltd. Spain, Circa 1970s A rare and unique model, by famed the Sarreid Ltd. foundry. The well thou...

Wonderfully handcrafted antique table or desk lamp for a unique ambiance. If you are looking for a rare, beautiful design and top quality ...

ABOUT This is an original cast iron donkey bottle opener manufactured by the Hubley Manufacturing Company in Lancaster Pennsylvania USA. The pi...

A wonderful example of a hollow-cast bronze octopus. This piece features wonderful detail and resemblance to a real specimen. An exotic piece certain to...

One of a kind coatrack with inlaid geometrical patterns and unique animal 'sculptures'. With the Arts & Crafts era being one of our favourites, we are always thrilled to find antiques from that era. Especially ones that we have never seen before and that we never expect to see again. We could not be more thrilled to find this unique and pure Dutch Arts and Crafts coat rack and the fact that it is in such amazing condition made us even happier. Finding top quality antiques in this incredibly condition is getting ever harder. This large size but undeep coat rack has an amazing patina, it comes with a set of four perfect brass hooks and several smaller ones as well. They all have the perfect patina and the circular mirror too is the original one and certainly in good enough condtion for you to check your good looks before leaving. However, what makes this remarkable Arts and Crafts work of beauty stand out from anything we ever saw is the combination of geometrical inlays and the unique animal 'sculptures'. Around the turn of the century (so between 1890 and 1910) many Europeans first started to learn about exotic animals in countries far away. The artisan whom created this work of art coat rack must have heard about or seen a first photo of a komodo dragon...

A scene from Ramakian or Ramayan, the Indian epic Rama and Sita. Large and heavy Antique Indian Temple toy metal camel, bronze camel on wheels. Camel with r...

This is a very fine example of a detailed casting of a bull. Nicely factory patinated in a warm brown finish bring this guy to life. Done in the manner of the noted Vienna bronze mak...

This antique cast and cold-painted inkwell has no maker's marks, but presumed to have originated from Austria and dating to approximately 1900 and done in the Anglo-Indian style. Thi...

A charming early 20th century animalier gilt bronze group of three seated puppies fascinated by an approaching snail. The bronze with fine hand chased surface detail and good colour,...

Artist: Joel Fisher, American (1947 - ) - Title: Baby Seal w./ball - Year: 1994 - Medium: Bronze Sculpture. Signature and number inscribed - Edition: A.P. ...

Exact replica of a black bear skull, cast in bronze. This cool and hand-crafted bronze skull is an exact replica of a black bear skull. Less than 20 were...

The ancient city of Ephesus, which dates back to 6000 BC, has been a coastal city belonging to the Romans, Greeks and Turks at different times. The city is known as the place where Christianity is accepted as a pilgrimage center, and in 2015 it was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. The jaguar sculptures of Ephesus, the city where Hippodamus first applied the famous grid city plan system, are waiting to be found in your homes with their version close to the original.-Produced from pressed marble...

This exquisite French animalistic bronze sculpture from the early twentieth century is beautiful in every way - its artistic expressiveness, as well as the highest-level rendition, h...

PRESENTING A GLORIOUSLY QUIRKEY AND WHIMSICAL Maitland Smith Gilt Bronze Monkey Paper Towel Holder. Made by the well known maker, Maitland Smith,...

Vintage Asian Chinese Brass Prosperity Dragon Wall Hanging. As the embodiment of the masculine gender, the dragon has long been an auspicious symbol of power in Chinese culture. Dragons chasing a ball is the auspicious scene of good luck, prosperity and wealth. According to Chinese Feng Shui...

Vintage patinated bronze sculpture 'American Bald Eagle Upon Landing' USA, Circa 1960s Of large scale, realistically cast and modeled of a land...

20th C cast iron cat boot scrape.

Sweet faced Boston Terrier cast iron doorstop. This doorstop is very heavy with great patina. The Boston Terrier hasa very soft look due to the wear.

Hand tooled cast metal incense stick holder in a Snail Shaped form. Vintage cast brass incense burner holder. A censer, incense burner, perfume ...

Boston Terrier doorstop in all original paint.

This is a heavy bronze group sculpture of two seabirds and a crab by Jules Moigniez. It depicts two seabirds in attack positions- stretching up their feathers and crouching their bod...

Very finely crafted bronze sculpture from the period of French Art Deco. Attributed to the sculptur Max Le Verrier. The antelope is jumping, the dynamics and movement of the animal is very well captured in the depiction. The bronze is brown, the horns a little darker. The object rests on a stepped natural stone base which gives the whole a special sophistication. Biography Louis Octave Maxime Le Verrier, short Max Le Verrier (born January 29, 1891 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France; † June 6, 1973 in Paris, France) was a French sculptor. Le Verrier was the son of a Parisian goldsmith and jeweler; his mother was from Belgium. His parents separated when he was seven years old. He attended several boarding schools, including the École des Roches in Verneuil-sur-Avre. Against Max's wishes, his father sent him to study agriculture at Saint-Sever and La Réole. At the age of 16, he returned to Paris and took odd jobs to avoid working in agriculture. In 1909, he left France and moved to London for a short time, where he found it difficult to find work. Le Verrier worked at a flying school in Rendon, where he first serviced aircraft and then earned his pilot's license in 1913. During World War I, he saw action in a French bomber squadron beginning in February 1915. On May 25, 1915, he was shot down in a dogfight by a German fighter plane...

A twentieth century Han dynasty style bronze recumbent horse with three legs tucked under the body and head slightly turned. The well incised mane gath...

A bronze sculpted group from the mid 20th century, depicting a mare and her foal. Cast in bronze during the Midcentury period, this sculpted group depicts a mare tenderly bending her head down to touch her foal. Lifting his hind legs up, the baby horse exudes an energy contrasting beautifully with his mother's calm. Showcasing a dark patina, this Midcentury bronze horse...

Iron Cow doorstop in pasture. This cow doorstop has amazing wear to the iron and paint. Great Patina. Time has treated this doorstop with the right kind of lo...

This pair of large antique exotic bird or pheasant sculptures were done by artist G. Vivaldi of Italy in approximately 1920 in a Victorian style. The sculptures are composed of silve...

Small desk og mantle bronze depicting a young wild boar standing on a log. Fine detailing and a rich golden patina. Signed/marked France to its base. Where it was made circa 1920-25....

20th C original painted Hubley Boston Terrier doorstop.

ABOUT This is an original cast iron Boston Terrier doorstop manufactured by the Hubley Manufacturing Company in Lancaster Pennsylvania USA. The piece has retained its original han...

Basset hound dog sculture in 800 solid silver. The object was made with the technique of fusion in two halves and subsequently joined by welding. In th...

Late 1800s heavy solid cast iron lion head with ornate detail. Slightly concave side profile. Please note, this item is located in one of our NYC l...

19th C bronze German sheppard doorstop. Great condition.

Large pair patinated life size bronze statues sculpture of Regal Big Cats Lions. Exceptional detailed high quality Large pair of Patinated bronze statues of...

An endearing early 20th century bronze study of an owl perched upon a branch with excellent colour and very fine smooth tactile surface, signed and dated 1921 Additional information...

A wonderful example of a hollow-cast bronze crocodile skull. This piece features wonderful detail and resemblance to a real specimen. An exotic piece c...

A vintage lost wax cast bronze snail sculpture from the mid 20th century with verde patina. We have several available. Created with the traditio...

A contemporary lost wax cast bronze alligator sculpture with textured skin. Created with the traditional techniqu...

Charming decorative table top sculpture pair of ducks in cast brass having flat bottoms. Would look great adorning bookshelves or anywhere character rich accessories would add visual...

Charming sculptural brass owl lamp made by Loevsky & Loevsky and sold by Deknudt lighting company. Loevsky & Loevsky produced these table lamps from the...

A wonderful example of a hollow-cast bronze crocodile skull. This piece features wonderful detail and resemblance to a real specimen. An exotic piece c...

A good quality pair of of Cast iron door porters in a 'Lion Sejant Erect' form or sometimes termed 'sejant-rampant' - and in the manner of the coat of arms of dominion of the British Royal Monarch. In their original state with some original white paint but mostly exposed iron which has been sealed and waxed to preserve the beautiful patina. A decorative...